LIKE A TRUMAN WHO HATES COMMUNISM:

Democrats on Iraq report: Bush just doesn't get it (William Douglas and Margaret Talev, 12/09/06, McClatchy Newspapers)

[D]emocrats said, Bush began his talk by comparing himself to President Harry S. Truman, who launched the Truman Doctrine to fight communism, got bogged down in the Korean War and left office unpopular.

Bush said that "in years to come they realized he was right and then his doctrine became the standard for America," recalled Senate Majority Whip-elect Richard Durbin, D-Ill. "He's trying to position himself in history and to justify those who continue to stand by him, saying sometimes if you're right you're unpopular, and be prepared for criticism."

Durbin said he challenged Bush's analogy, reminding him that Truman had the NATO alliance behind him and negotiated at the United Nations with his enemies. Durbin said that is what the Iraq Study Group is recommending that Bush do now — work more with allies and negotiate with adversaries on Iraq.

How'd that work out for the North Koreans?

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 9, 2006 9:49 AM